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Trucks/Cars/Big Machines Genre
Books in the Trucks/Cars/Big Machines genre:
A Merry-Go-Round of Modern Tales (1927)
Author(s):
Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Story of Old Ironsides: The Cradle of the United States Navy (1928)
Author(s):
Alden Arthur Knipe
Emilie Benson Knipe
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
Alexander Botts, Earthworm Tractors (1929)
When Alexander Botts offers his services to the Earthworm Tractor Company, they do not realize what they are in for - fortunately for them and for us.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Tony Sarg
Big Fellow at Work (1930)
The story of a power shovel, from its construction to its days of digging holes and loading coal.
Author(s):
Dorothy Walker Baruch
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Stop Tim! (1930)
The story of Tim, the car that wanted to go faster than any other car, and his reluctant driver, Amos.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Earthworms in Europe: Alexander Botts Makes the Old World Tractor-Conscious (1931)
In search of new worlds to conquer, Alexander Botts, natural born salesman, sails for Europe with eight Earthworm tractors in the hold.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Tony Sarg
The Story Book of Transportation (1933)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Big Bridge (1934)
A survey of bridges and bridge-building across time and space.
Author(s):
Rupert Sargent Holland
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Little Auto (1934)
Mr. Small has many adventures in his little auto.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Story Book of Aircraft (1935)
A book about airplanes and flying.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Coal (1935)
A book about coal and its many uses.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Earth’s Treasures (1935)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Baby Car (1937)
The adventures of Mr. Small and his Baby Car. This is the British edition.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
T-Model Tommy (1938)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939)
Author(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
T-Model Tommy: Study Edition (1940)
This special school edition of the adventures of Tommy Ballard and his trucking company has study questions and a glossary.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Katy and the Big Snow (1943)
When the big snow paralyzes the town, Katy goes to work and plows it out.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Keep ’Em Crawling: Earthworms at War (1943)
Alexander Botts, Earthworm tractor salesman, gives the war effort his all.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
E. Franklin Wittmack
Red, White and Blue Auto (1943)
Mr. Head, Mr. Red, Mr. White and Mr. Blue learn to work together at the car factory.
Author(s):
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely